Predictors of suicide ideation and depression in Hong Kong adolescents: Perceptions of academic and family climates

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-96

  Lee, Margaret T Y ^a   Wong, Betty P ^a   Chow, Bonnie W Y ^a   McBride Chang, Catherine ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33645233642     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 03630234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2006.36.1.82     Document Type: Article

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